Letters

I am writing to express my deep gratitude to Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office and his entire office. He has always been very efficient in carrying out his duties keeping our county safe and citizens protected.

However, I want to express my appreciation to the sheriff for going above and beyond his duty and responsibility. I know he cares deeply for the people of Lancaster County and he shows it in how he handles every situation that arises, whether it is crime or domestic violence.

I am following up on Brian Endres’ letter, “IL Residents Disappointed with Board,” in the Aug. 26 edition of The Lancaster News. Endres was very polite in his invitation to Dr. Gene Moore and the rest of the school board to visit our Indian Land schools to witness first hand the overcrowding situation.

I second his invitation, and I will do my best to follow his polite tone.

I implore the parents of children in Indian Land schools to attend the next school board meeting to be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 15.

er writer Bruce Ryden expressed his disappointment in Pulte Home’s decision to demolish the Sun City Carolina Lakes sales center and build 13 homes on that site and two nearby parking lots.

It was never in Pulte’s original plan for the sales center to be a permanent building. It was constructed to be used as a sales center and until the Lake House was built as a gathering place for clubs, etc.

The plan filed with Lancaster County always called for houses to be built on that piece of property near the end of the of the build-out.

I gotta admit folks have enough on their minds than to let the colors of lights annoy them. Can you talk into your cell phone without looking at it? By golly, those same folks who used to shave, apply makeup or read the newspaper are astute enough to send text messages and read the bumper stickers on the vehicle ahead.

According to Viola C. Floyd’s 1968 book, “Lancaster County S.C. Tours,” one of Lancaster’s claim to shame – my opinion, not hers – occurred in 1813 when “what may have been the last case tried in America where any testimony involving witchcraft was admitted in court,” took place.
This case stood the test of time until the Charlene McGriff/Larry Honeycutt/Lancaster County Council witch hunt of Keith Tunnell and the Lancaster County Economic Development Corp. finally came to a close in 2015.

I keep reading about all the approved homes being built in Indian Land and the paltry amount of $500 per home being paid by the major homebuilders to the school district.
In other areas, homebuilders are paying 10 times that amount to the school districts – yes, $5,000.
When is Lancaster County Council going to come to the realization that our schools are being short-changed?
I strongly suggest that council press the builders to reveal the amounts they are paying to other districts.